
Using Home Assistant as a second brain with Brian
About this episode
Brian is a spacecraft systems engineer, who uses Home Assistant to automate his house, and help him remember some of the earthly world problems in his day-to-day life
Chapters
00:00 Intro
03:25 Getting started with Home Assistant
05:59 Who's in the house
08:39 Protocols Used in the House
10:24 Driving Automations
13:48 Hardware used for Home Assistant
15:02 Using Frigate
16:56 Using Home Assistant for Memory
23:05 Night Time Automations
34:15 Leak Sensors
45:30 Zigbee
48:50 Presence Detection
55:48 To Do Lists and Battery Automation
01:03:25 Automating a Pool
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